Economists on Twitter
The working paper site RePEc has just launched its own directory of economists who tweet. This currently lists over 150 who fulfil the criteria of inclusion given on the website. If you have not visited RePEc recently, it now indexes over 2 million economics, finance working papers many leading to abstracts and full text. The site […]
In which British city do people earn the most?
Find out this and other fascinating facts and figures on the economic and social indicators of Britain’s major cities by consulting the latest Cities outlook 2016 which has just been published by the Centre for Cities. It also has a great associated data tool which enables you to generate and compare your own map. 17 […]
An economy for the 1%?
The World Economic Forum opens at Davos this week with the release of its 2016 Global Risks report. The risks are divided into five categories: economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological. Oxfam released a report that showed shows that the wealth of the poorest half of the world’s population – that’s 3.6 billion people – […]
What makes cities competitive?
Find out by downloading a recent working paper from the World Bank – Kilroy, A.F.L., Mukim, M., Negri, S. (2015) Competitive cities for jobs and growth : what, who, and how. The objective of this report is to create a knowledge base on what makes cities competitive, to improve the understanding of job creation at the […]
Africa in Fact
Good Governance Africa is an organisation based in Africa which aims to improve government performance on the continent. Its website offers free access to its Africa in Fact publication for the last few years which contains articles discussing governance and government management in Africa. Other useful resources on standards of African governance include: Ibrahim Index of African […]
Is your bank under stress?
Read the latest report from the Bank of England for 2015 – the tests ‘assess the resilience of UK banks and building societies to a deterioration in global economic conditions.’ The website provides details of the methods used. The European Banking Authority has details of Europe wide tests and differences in their methodology.
Women will take 118 years to achieve equality
According to the World Economic Forum Global Gender report which ranks over 140 economies on health, economic, political and education factors. The site has 10 years worth of data so it enables tracking of progress over the last decade. Methodology is provided.
Cuts and austerity
What do the British public think of the cuts and austerity policy? Latest research from IPSO Mori shows 43% think public services are worse than 5 years ago but only 23% say they have been directly effected by spending cuts down from over 33% in 2012.
Historical Newspaper Archives: Finance and Economics
The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Economist 1843-2011 and the Financial Times 1888-2010. For more information see our News Sources Page or the Gale NewsVault information page.
British Library for Development Studies
A marvellous site to explore as more full content is being added is the British Library for Development Studies (BLDS). Get free aces to materials not readily available elsewhere. Partners currently include: Centre for Development Studies (Kerala, India) Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya . Items […]
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